UK Heavy Metal Band GATES OF JANUS Takes Name From Moors Murderer
October 11, 2008, 16 years ago
The following story is courtesy of Barry Gibson from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner:
A band who have taken their name from a book by moors murderer Ian Brady were today labelled “sick”.
Huddersfield group, GATES OF JANUS, will tonight play in Manchester – home of Brady’s five victims.
Lindley man Edwin Williams said: “When walking through Manchester I noticed a poster (pictured) for a band called Gates Of Janus.
“The name stuck in my head for some reason and it wasn’t until I reached home that I realised this name is taken straight from Ian Brady’s book on serial killing.”Mr. Williams, 37, said: “It is an outrage that such a band should be allowed to play in the city, where the events of the moors murders are still very sensitive. I am very offended by this, as I am sure many people will be.
“If this isn’t a case for censorship, I don’t know what is. Something should be done to stop this sick band playing in Manchester, Huddersfield, or anywhere in the North where the murders are a not-so-distant memory.”Mr. Williams added he was disappointed that Gates Of Janus come from Huddersfield.
He said: “You would have thought that a band from Huddersfield, where the moors murders are still poignant, might have thought a bit more about how many people they would upset.”
But a spokesman for Gates Of Janus denied that their music glorified Ian Brady.
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